Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-11-25
pxcHANeE NOTES.

crockett brakemen on tine j. & O. r. Re-
met with very serious and painful aeci-
DENIS last week. Devcrs had two fingers
badly mashed, and Crockett Lost one
/ finger and had his hand badly mashed
They were engaged in coupling cars when
the accident happened.
CLARKE Courier: On Wednesday evening
Of last week, about twilight, the stable
on Mr. owen Aliens "Glen OVEN farm
was fred by an incendiary and destroyed,
tooetber with new straw shed adjoining
IT. The farm is occupied by Mr. IA. H..
Rurns who lost some agricultural ma
cbinerv by FIRE. Since the said fire two
a,tempts have been made against the
carriage house and one against the corn
bouse. to destroy them by fire, but all Of
them failed. It is not known who the
malicious party is, but if he should be
discovered and arrested he will doubtless
suffer the penalty Of the law.
Irarmion 7rue Indcr The suit Of Jas.
b. Rust, Of Culpeper, against the Virginia
Midland Railway Co. for Injuries sustain
ed in collision near Clifton Station in
1885. was tried at the November term Of
Fairfax circuit court. A verdict and
Judgment was rendered for $4,000. The
case wasargued for the plaintiff by Messrs.
J. r. Rixey and Jas. V. Brooke, and for
the company by Gen. w. II. Payne and
Walton Moore. a motion for now trial
was overruled by the court and the de-
PENDANT excepted Whether the case is to
90 10 the Conrt Of Appeals or not cannot
yet be determined. The plaintiff was
fireman and had his left shoulder para
lyzed and his right :l,nee-joint shattered,
and is cripple for life.
Stanton Iirginian At the Lutheran
Church, on Sunday night last Rev. Sidney
r. Riser, late of Charleston, s. c., was
installed as pastor Of the church. A very
large congregation was present The
charge to the congregation was delivered
by Rev. V. L. Strickley, and that 10 the
pastor by Rev. T. Q. Keisier, Of Harrison
burg Both di,courses were emincntly
appropriate Mr.. Riser is yonng man Of
rare ability, and during his sojourn hero
has made many friends. The church is
exceedingly fortunate in securing the ser
vices of such a minister ..-..Last Tues
day w. +. Summerson did some exiraordi-
nary shooting. He has a repeating shot
gun, which carries six cartridges a flock
of birds flew up and scattered, but in six
successive shots he brought down as many
birds, without taking his gun from his
shoulder. This is the best shooting we
have heard of this season.
Stanton Iipdicafor: On Wednesday
night, on the c. & o. freight train going
Fast, Goodwynn Mills, engineer, was
dangerously if not fatally stabbed at
Crozct station by brakeman Dodd. Our
informant states that when the train
with not having put on the brakes, az
was his duty. Dodd called him liar and
Mills knocked him down and then turned
Off Dodd sprung TO his feet, and draw
ing n knife cut Mills in several places,
the most dangerous being n stab in the
lung. Dodd was arrested and carried on
to Charlottesville and a physician pro-
cured there and sent bacl, TO Crozet. where
the wounded man Is still lying. lie is q
brother of Isaac Mills of Stanton, an
engineer on the same road. Mr.. Mills is
about 26 years old, has wife al Clifton
Forge, and has been on the road six years.
lie had Just returned to duty from visit
to brother dangerously i'll in Orange
county. Mr.. Isaac Mills and his wife
have gone to Crozet, and so have several
members of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers.
Spirit Of the J'aUey Mr.. Dan. O'Don-
nell's dog, "Dan," now "wcars the belt
as the champion rat catcher Of this Burg.
A few days ago Mr.. O'Donnoll had oc-
casion to move his hog pen, under which
quite a number Of rats had made their
abode. "Dan" was on hand quick and
alert and eager for the fray. and whenever
a rat ventured ont "Dan" caught and
killed him in very much less time than 1t
takes to toll ID. lIo killed in all seventy
six rats, only allowing one to escape. Let
us hear from the next rat.killer..---.
About week or ten days ago two, Wade
Sites aud Renbon Dercr, Of the Mountain
Valley neighborhool, were out hunting
After walking awhile they stopped, AID
young Sites leaned on his gun with the
muzzle against his shoulder. Young
Dcrcr in passing about in someway sprung
the trigger, and the whole load, waddng
ard az. passed through Sites shoulder
The wound is very severe and the attend
ing physicians have great fears as 10 the
ultimate result. We sincerely hope the
young man may recover. This sad acct
dent should bo warning to our boys who
are not half careful enough in handling
fire arms.
Page Ners For some weeks past the
mountains on either side of this county
have been abaze, and at times the smoke
in the valley was 50 dense that the sun
shone dimly through il. Some Of these
fires were doubtless the result of accident.
but in other instances. we learn, that the
mountains were purposcly set on fire.
| This is a violation Of law and the
guilty parties shonld be made to suiler
the penalty. In addition 70 the loss sus-
tanned by those who own the land, in the
| destruction Of timber and bark, the peo.
pie are put to n great Inconvenience and
made to endure a great deal Of hard work
in controlling the flames so as to prevent
| the destruction Of fencing and other prop
erty. Let the guilty parties be arrested
and receive the penalty Of the law they
violated .Mr B. c. Rust, on Saturday
last, effected n sale Of one Of his iron
properties, near Kimball, for the sum OF
$40, 600. The purchasers were Baltimore
capitalists, who propose TO develop the
property in the early spring with all the
latest approved appliances and a large
force of hands. Mr.. TN. OGenbacker
lost his barn and all its contents by fire on
the 4th inst, including large lot Of
fodder, hay and straw also, bis horse car
rage The FIRE was caused by his little
son who was playing with q match in the
barn.
Shenandoah Press Mrs. Jacob Bushong,